Re: [PATCH v2] Replace instances of export VAR=VAL with VAR=VAL; export VAR

Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

What problem are we talking about exactly, and with what shell?

$ export foo="bar    baz"
$ bash
bash$ export JUNK=$foo
bash$ sh -c 'echo "$JUNK"'
bar    baz
bash$ exit
exit
$ ash
ash$ export JUNK=$foo
ash$ sh -c 'echo "$JUNK"'
bar
ash$ exit

The problem is $foo not being quoted on the RHS of the assignment of
the export command: bash doesn't word-split, but ash does. Hence, *if*
export VAR=VAL is used, always quote VAL.

I much prefer the quoting solution over the quite more invasive rewrites
proposed here.

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